Tag: Traffic

Disgruntled residents of Ga-Maeteletja, formerly Harrismith outside Lephalale, have taken their service delivery frustrations to the streets last week. They are complaining about the high rate of unemployment and lack of proper road access in their area. They claim to …

LEPHALALE — Lephalale SAPS is investigating a case of culpable homicide after a bus (registration number HGZ 983 MP) that was transporting school learners from Hoërskool Ben Viljoen in Groblersdal from the Inter High Athletics competition in Lephalale, collided head-on …

LEPHALALE — The Municipal Vehicle Testing Station in OR Tambo Road in Lephalale re-opened last week after it was closed for upgrading in June 2017. The Testing Station has been refurbished and is fully equipped with modern vehicle testing equipment …

A baby boy had died after being run over by a furniture delivery vehicle in Mokuronyane Village on Friday 12 January. According to the Police, the child, just under two years old, was behind the vehicle when the driver reversed …

On the website www.arivealive.co.za, the following is said about vehicle overloading and road safety: Overloading has been recognized to be both a safety concern as well as a cost concern, and the National Department of Transport has incorporated a campaign …

MARAPONG — Taxi drivers are many times associated with bad driving that results in unnecessary car accidents on the road. In the same breath there are good taxi drivers whose great work is seldom acknowledged. One such driver is Solomon …

LEPHALALE — In a statement by Medupi, it stated that about 117 accidents occurred on Lephalale roads in 2016. In those accidents, there were 37 fatalities. A huge percentage of the victims were Medupi Project employees. These accidents were caused …

The Editor Two weeks ago Mogol Post reported about the debris of completely burnt buses that blocked the entrance to Marapong location on Relebogile Street and causing problems. The one bus had been twice hit by two sedans in two …

MARAPONG — Two weeks ago, a violent protest by some disgruntled Exxaro employees saw to two buses and an ambulance from Medupi Power Station torched in Marapong. The debris of the burnt ambulance was removed soon after the incident, however …

LEPHALALE — On Friday morning 22 September around 06:30 a Ford Ranger and a minibus taxi collided at the traffic light intersection at Nelson Mandela Drive and George Wells Street. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena from Lephalale SAPS Cluster, …

LEPHALALE — On Thursday night 7 September, around 21:00, Lawrence Shumba (42) was travelling on the R510 from Lephalale to his work place at Voëlparadys outside Lephalale when he allegedly lost control over his Mercedes Benz 280 SE and hit …

LEPHALALE — A white Toyota Hilux with registration number DTZ 576 L was stolen after the driver offered two unknown males a lift on the morning of 10 September. According to Warrant Officer Frans Mokoena from SAPS Lephalale Cluster, the …

LEPHALALE — A man was robbed of his personal belongings in the early morning hours of Saturday 9 September after two unknown men approached him while he was parking his truck in Jan Lee Street next to Engen. According to …

LEPHALALE — The Management of Lowveld Bus Services wants to congratulate their drivers who performed so well during the annual Limpopo Provincial Government Department of Transport Driver Competition. The competition took place in Bela-Bela on 29 July 2017 and hosted …